Mind sees an I

"I" is an expression of mind.
Who is it that perceives "I"?
Into what does "I" arise?

When thoughts of anger or confusion arise,
Who is it that experiences them?
Who is it that created them?
Who is it that looks to see?

When outer appearances arise,
Who is it that perceives them?
And when that one is perceived,
Who perceives it?

The mind is empty of unchanging solidity.
Yet awareness and appearances exist indivisibly.
The essence of mind is vast like space.

As the karmic shackles of conceptuality
One by one dissolve into awareness,
The mind of Buddhahood dawns
and the universe is illuminated.